Synopsis:
Marilyn is trying really hard to make something that is good. For once her expectations and reality are going to align, perfectly. No, it will be even better than she imagined. It will be epic. It will be tear jerkingly profound. It will be perfecter than perfect. Nothing can go wrong.
- Director:
- Mikey Please
- Year:
- 2013
- Country:
- United Kingdom, United States
- Running time:
- 6 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Puppet Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Jan Stebbings, James Stevenson Bretton, Jan Stebbins
- Animators:
- Mikey Please, Dan Ojari, Tim Allen, Steven Warne, Miket Please
- Script writer:
- Mikey Please
- Music composers:
- Ben Please, Jools Scott, Bethan Porter, Ben Blease, Bethany Porter
- Sound designer:
- Adam Janota Bzowski
- Editor:
- Mikey Please
- Productions:
- Blink Industries, Hornet Films, Hornet, Parabella Studios
- Distribution:
- Blink Industries
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Tragicomedy
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Mental health, Identity, Relationships, Love, Poetic, Transformation, Shame
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Sundance Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, SXSW, StopTrik International Film Festival
- Awards:
- BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation
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